Senior Auditor - Operational Audits

Join MD Anderson’s Internal Audit team as a Senior Auditor and help strengthen the operational, financial, and control processes that support one of the world’s leading cancer centers. You’ll use a disciplined, analytical approach to evaluate how processes and controls are working in practice, with a strong focus on operational audits that identify risks, inefficiencies, control gaps, and opportunities to improve how work gets done across the institution.

What’s in it for you? This role provides the opportunity to independently lead smaller and less complex audit engagements from planning through reporting, with meaningful exposure to the operations of a complex healthcare organization. You’ll conduct client interviews, walk through operational processes, identify risks and related controls—including fraud risks—evaluate audit evidence, validate controls, and determine whether processes are operating effectively and as intended. You’ll work directly with process owners and leaders across the organization, gaining insight into a wide range of clinical, administrative, and business operations.

You’ll also have meaningful responsibility for turning audit observations into practical recommendations. By evaluating operational workflows and control environments, you’ll identify opportunities to strengthen processes, improve efficiency, mitigate risk, and enhance organizational effectiveness. You’ll document observations, develop recommendations, prepare audit reports, communicate findings with management, and keep clients and Internal Audit leadership informed throughout each engagement. The role offers an opportunity to sharpen your investigative, analytical, project management, and communication skills while building strong relationships with process owners across MD Anderson.

At MD Anderson, you’ll also enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive pay, an annual merit increase program, annual incentive opportunities, an employer-funded pension contribution, medical, dental and vision coverage, generous paid time off, and opportunities for professional growth and development.

If you’re an analytical audit professional who enjoys understanding how operations work, identifying opportunities to make them better, and turning audit findings into meaningful improvements, this is an opportunity to make a measurable impact at MD Anderson.

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

Conducts Audits

Performs fieldwork activities and conducts client interviews and other client interactions independently on smaller, less complex engagements; identifies risks and related controls, including fraud risks, during planning and fieldwork; identifies preliminary issues and evaluates audit evidence using analytical skills; actively participates in risk assessment activities and independently validates identified controls; documents work papers in accordance with applicable standards. Completes smaller projects independently. Identifies appropriate client contacts during planning and fieldwork; schedules timely client meetings; prepares questions aligned with the meeting agenda; demonstrates effective listening skills to gather information; and subsequently provides focused and reliable information to team members. Arrives at supportable conclusions based on sufficient evidence documented in working papers in accordance with applicable standards. Performs other duties as assigned to ensure success of the team. Represents Internal Audit in a professional manner.

Time Management

Effectively and efficiently completes assignments within established budgets and deadlines. Monitors own time and meets agreed upon project milestones. Proactively communicates status of project to team

Audit Reporting and Communication with Management

Communicates in a timely manner with clients to ensure identified issues are accurate. Independently documents the initial observation and recommendation to mitigate risks and improve controls for assigned areas. For smaller projects, prepares draft of audit report. Keeps the client and Internal Audit Management apprised of issues throughout the audit. Fosters relationships with Process Owners.
 

Other duties as assigned